T M C Asser Press imprint: 138 books
Innovating Government
Normative, Policy and Technological Dimensions of Modern Government
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
The aim of this book is to analyze four dimensions of innovating government and the use of new technologies: legal, ethical, policy and technological dimensions. By joining authors from a diversity of backgrounds (law, ethics, public administration, political science, sociology, communications science,...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
The book deals with the controversial relationship between African states, represented by the African Union, and the International Criminal Court. This relationship started promisingly but has been in crisis in recent years. The overarching aim of the book is to analyze and discuss the achievements...
Perspectives on Military Intelligence from the First World War to Mali
Between Learning and Law
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
Many intelligence practitioners feel that the statutory footing on which intelligence
agencies have been placed forms an impediment to confronting unprecedented contemporary
challenges. On the basis of case studies spanning the period from the First World
War to the present, this...
3D Printing
Legal, Philosophical and Economic Dimensions
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
The book in front of you is the first international academic volume on the legal, philosophical and economic aspects of the rise of 3D printing.
In recent years 3D printing has become a hot topic. Some claim that it will revolutionize production and mass consumption, enabling consumers to print...
by Michael N. Schmitt
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
This collection of essays by Professor Michael N. Schmitt of Durham University draws together those of his articles published over the past two decades that have explored particular fault lines in the law of armed conflict. As such, they examine the complex interplay between warfare and law, seeking...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
The Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law is the world's only annual publication devoted to the study of the laws governing armed conflict. It provides a truly international forum for high-quality, peer-reviewed academic articles focusing on this crucial branch of international law. Distinguished...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
This volume commemorates the centenary of the First World War (1914-2014) and aims to capture 100 years of warfare evolution. Among the main issues addressed are the changing nature of means and methods of warfare, the law of weaponry, and challenges to humanitarian assistance and protection of the...
Applying International Humanitarian Law in Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Bodies
International and Domestic Aspects
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
The work analyzes the impact and implementation of international humanitarian law in judicial and quasi judicial bodies. Moreover, acknowledging the high impact domestic jurisdictions have in the configuration of international law, the book does not rest only in an analysis of the international jurisprudence,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
‘Child Soldiers and the Lubanga Case’ and ‘The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare’ are the two central themes of this volume. Each of these timely topics is addressed from three different angles, providing a truly comprehensive analysis of the subject. The...
Nuclear Non-Proliferation in International Law - Volume IV
Human Perspectives on the Development and Use of Nuclear Energy
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2018
This fourth volume in the book series on Nuclear Non-Proliferation in International Law focuses on human perspectives regarding the development and use of nuclear energy; the need for regional solutions; and recent activities towards prohibiting and abolishing nuclear weapons.
Jonathan L. Black-Branch...
Nuclear Non-Proliferation in International Law
Volume II - Verification and Compliance
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
This second Volume in the book Series on Nuclear Non-Proliferation in International Law discusses the legal interpretation and implementation of verification and compliance with the Treaty of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1968; the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, 1996; and the Treaty...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
The volume discusses the legal interpretation and implementation of the three pillars of the Treaty of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1968, regarding the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons; the right to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes; and...
Nuclear Non-Proliferation in International Law - Volume III
Legal Aspects of the Use of Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
This third volume of the book series on Nuclear Non-Proliferation in International Law focuses on the development and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes within a contemporary global context, an interdependent characteristic of the Non-Proliferation Treaty along with disarmament and non-proliferation....
Conflict Law
The Influence of New Weapons Technology, Human Rights and Emerging Actors
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Topics as diverse as the evolving spectrum of conflict, innovations in weaponry, automated and autonomous attack, the depersonalisation of warfare, detention operations, the influence of modern media and the application of human rights law to the conduct of hostilities are examined in this book to...